NORCROSS, Ga. — October 2011 — The second year of the NETInc Conference was held in Atlanta, September 13-15, 2011. Created as an industry gathering place by the NET Division of TAPPI and started in 2010, the event has continued to be a catalyst for industry presentations, networking and planning. Over 100 people attended this year's event, including academics, suppliers, manufacturers, and students.

These attendees were able to attend 13 sessions including an excellent technical program. This technical program highlighted amazing advancements in the area of nonwovens for regenerative medicine and other medical needs. The program was capped off by a Keynote talk from Dr. Anthony Attala from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center who created quite a buzz with his discussion of the use of nonwoven materials to create scaffolds for use in the regeneration of human organs.

During this year's conference, new committees were formed in the following 3 areas — Wipes, Geosynthetics, and Medical/Hygiene. Existing committees have been renamed to adapt to the changing nonwovens industry — Committees now are Building Sciences, Binders & Additives, Filtration, Process & Modeling, & Fibers Materials & Characterization.

If people are interested in becoming part of the NET Division and any of its committees, please contact Craig McKinney with TAPPI at cmckinney@tappi.org.

Posted on October 10, 2011

Source: TAPPI